A new idea:
As already explained in the other thread some days ago, a weblink can be as unique as a fingerprint.
For a simple example see these two links:
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363912719230?itmmeta=01J4YY3KFQJRY90S148MDMBZHH&hash=item54bae36b7e:g:IRgAAOSwalJi1MFx&itmprp=enc%3AAQAJAAAAwLmuFsuYsIYLu02dSqq3%2Fh2yNd973s2e0EAnuzenBrrgN3LKL%2BIoX2dzo%2F9Z2acP1--zezq6SFap78Ke1--6BHAqQNQ3uCBF2e5J9JoyupBoDlW1DcwtdH5OJEbtZd87YSfMQ59JUMB9bSp7LEbRKnLJXjI3t%2FIJJmVq2ZwO6j5FG0wfQf0%2FSw3Zsn1WoypTsZEmLVaXXptzvrMvv8%2BoBc6Jz%2BPup5vvk7CELWZdLqttlvfMs38hsjcG4qXqNfP4FQ%3D%3D%7Ctkp%3ABk9SR_q3jt6nZA
https://www.ebay.com/itm/363912719230
Both links in the code box lead to the same product on eBay.
But the first one contains additional data that could lead to the identification of the person who has created the link.
(Remember: this is only a simple example!)
“A chain is only as strong as it’s weakest part.”
To hover in Anytype over such a link as the first one in the code box would de facto leak our identity, if the link has such appendages - even if we use the Tor browser.
- Therefore I suggest to implement a function that cuts away such appendages in the moment that Anytype gathers the information from the website while we hover over a link.
I’m not sure if it is possible in all cases to cut off such appendages - it may not always be as simple as in the given example with eBay.
But if the devs think that it’s easy to implement and would always work for all websites, then I urge them to implement such a function!
– To cut away such appended data does IMHO not solve all possible problems related to this “hovering problem”, but at least a big part of it.